The word was born from the need to name a process that traditional painting could not describe. Aero is the tool: air. Painting without touching the surface, the pigment settles like mist and follows the topography of the work. Cromía is the behavior of color: in an Aerocromía, color is not static; it depends on the physics of light.

The technique has its origin in the wall textures the artist’s grandfather worked with: an inherited craft that Llordi turned into a visual language.

Projecting paint with air at specific angles onto a textured surface creates “slopes” of color. Each face of the relief receives a different color, and the work changes depending on where it is seen from.

An Aerocromía is not just an object to be looked at: it is a system that needs someone moving in front of it in order to reveal itself.

The works are built in layers. First, a base of fluid paint that obeys chance; then, a rigorous intervention with the airbrush. The volumes of the support catch the pigment the way mountain slopes catch the mist, creating micro-shadows and highlights that do not exist in flat painting.

Pigments in semi-translucent layers and varnishes with different refractive indices. The controlled layering makes certain tones appear or disappear depending on how the light falls.

The result is a perceptual shift: looking at the work from the right is not the same as looking at it from the left. Color stops being a fixed quality and becomes a physical phenomenon that moves in real time.

“The viewer no longer looks: they play.”

Llordi defines his work not as a set of static objects but as living systems that require the viewer’s interaction. The work acts as a social device: it invites people to move and play with perspective, and gives back, even if only for a moment, the gaze of someone seeing the world for the first time.

Works that respond to light bring time into painting as a variable: the image is no longer a single one, but a sequence that depends on the path of the viewer. Aerocromía engages with that search, which is why it appeals to collectors and curatorial spaces alike.

At Galería Llordi, the artist’s own space at Libertad 541, Buenos Aires, steps from the Teatro Colón and the Obelisco. It is a recommended stop for visitors exploring downtown Buenos Aires who are looking for contemporary art that responds to light and movement. Open Monday to Friday, 2 to 6 pm, or by appointment arranged via WhatsApp.

His work is represented internationally by bG Gallery (Santa Monica, United States), Fichandramous Gallery (London), Meeting-Art Gallery (Netherlands) and Gallery Boma (Mauritius), and is also available on Artsy.